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The men's decathlon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1912. This was the 26th appearance of the event in the Olympic Games . Qualification
The Women's Decathlon World Championships is an international decathlon combined track and field events championship for women. It was the first women's world championships in the discipline. The inaugural edition was staged at the Olympic training center in Geneva, Ohio at the same time as the 2024 Summer Olympics as a protest against the ...
Though pentathlon is still held at the 1980 Summer Olympics, new competitions start replacing it with the seven-event variant. The first championship to feature the new event, which adds the 200 metres and javelin throw to the five pentathlon events, is the 1980 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships .
Michigan State's Heath Baldwin decided to skip NCAAs to pursue an Olympic bid. Saturday, he won the men's decathlon at the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Leo Neugebauer won decathlon silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday. Here's a full breakdown of his results from the two days of competition:
He is joined on the Olympic team by 2020 Olympian Zach Ziemek (8,516 points, second place) and Harrison Williams (8,384, third place). June 22: Heath Baldwin celebrates after winning the men's ...
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (déka, meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "contest" or "prize"). Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are ...
The best part of the Olympics, in Al’s opinion: “There are all the names we know, the ones that we know are probably going to do well. But it’s the names that come out from nowhere that when ...